Undergarment



lH. AL REDMOND.

UNDERGABMENT. APPLICATION FILED APR. II, I92I..

1,414,206. 'Patented Apr. 25, 1922'.

I Harraellyousedmond narran stares reiifts IIARRIET LYoNs REDMOND, 'or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AssIGNoItjTo TIQE WILLIAM CARTER COMPANY, OF NniinIrAi/I AIriEIaIiTs, MASSACHUSETTS, A

CORPORATION or. MASSACHUSETTS. y

'UNDEBGARIJIENT i f To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HARRIET LYoNs Rien- MOND, acitizen Of thelliiitedr States, anda resident of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Undergarments, of which the following description, in connection with the. accompanying drawings, is a specification,.like characters on the drawings.y representing like parts. Y

-This invention is an improvement-upon the construction shown in my patent issued in my then name, Harriet R. Lyons, No.V

1,364,058, Adated December 28,1920, and relates to wearing apparehfthe principal obV A. further object of thel invention 'is to improve the upper portion of the garment, particularly with reference to thelpart under the arms and at the bust. j Y

In the -drawings, -v Fig. 1 is a side elevation representing` the garment of the invention in use; f

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the garment shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 represents in sideelevation the exf tensions upon the two opposite sides ofthe vided at each'side'beneath the armwith reenforce 20. This is desirably an addi-,5 tional piece of substantially'semi-circular shape and of knitted material correspondingiii elasticity, texture and other-char- Vacteristics with thatusedfor the garment f garment at thellower edge thereof; and

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view1repre-v senting the preferred Inode of use of vthe garment with respect to thefstocking sup'- porters. l

Y Referring more particularly to the drawing, the body ofthe garment is indicated at 1. It is intended to be worn next the flesh and is desirably of knitted material comprising a front piece 2 and a back. piece 3, which are united down each side by two seams, one of which is indicated at 4, the said seams extending throughoutthe entire length or vertical extent of the garment.

VVhile-within the scope of my invention, the

Application filed Api-ii i1,A

V12, so as to providea reenforced tip -hole 13,' all as Y patent. While I .havesetforth in my said f y garment may be madef'in asingle integral piece, it is preferably constructed fis-,de-

scribed. Desirablyit is hemmed at` itsfup! Y per'edge-,as indicated at :5 and at its lower edge as indicated at 6. At eachside ofthe y ,garment at its lower end, thefront andv back pieces 2, 3 are tapered vto a relatively sharp point, and the edgesare hemmed yas indicated r at 7', 8, `being folded upon themselves, so that y theline of stitching 9 substantially overlies the line of theseam 4, so as to reenforce the strapelike member 10 that is'thus provided.

Specification ofLetteis Patent.y Pai-,entd`-prr25 1922 Isar sensi No. 469,220. 3 x

etv

The 'extreme lower end of eachv hein portion 7, 8 is folded vupon itsel'fas indicated at 11,

hemniing 9 is such as to provide a buttonhole 13 that is surrounded by `the hem-stitching Aand is` reenforced thereby. There-siilt ,andthe is a'nari'ow, long extension 10 of'very great strength and adapted to receive the stocking supporter depending from the corset.: The

corsetfof the wearer is indicatedat 14. From each side thereof depends the'stocking'fas- I tener 15 comprising afstrip 16 having abut- "5* Y ton-likemember 117; anda metal piece 18y which is adapted' to'secure'the ii'pper` end 'of the stocking 19 over'thefbutton 17. f'

. In use, the corresponding extension-10Q the button 117 is {p'a'ssedy throughr the buttonpatent that at each side ofthe garmentv at its lower edge, one or a plurality of tabf c herein disclosed an improved constructionVv like extensions may be provided, [I have of suchvextension.v

lisfolded about 'the lower end of the 'stock-' l y. ing supporter 16, as indicated in Fig. 4,-and` f The upper portion of the garment proflu- 1. It isseamed, as indicated at 21, tothe garment. I am aware that `heretoforegai.-

nients'have been made with reenforcernentsv y beneath 'the arms.

tion or point atjwhic'hthey are placed. It will be observed, ViewingifFig.Y 1, thatthe main portion of the reenforcing-piece`20,

which desirably overlies the body of the gar-' in front of the line of the seam.

ment rather than underlying the same, is

The purpose of this is to guard against the Wear which comes upon the garment between the arm of the wearer When moved to and fro and the body. Heretofore sofar vas I amY a\vare,the garment has Worn in front of the reenforce, because no provision has been` made to guard against the Wear that isoccasioned vbetween the varm when moved toandY fro and the body.

The garment'is provided with a draw string ortape indicated at 22y received 1n "a seanror Apocket 23, another draw string 24E being provided Wthinthe hem 5.at the top of the garment. vThe. garment at its upper edgeV is provided with a straight line, but the front portion ofthe garmentV 25 above the tape 22 is of greater verticalv eX- -tent than the rear portion 26 thereof, as

will vbe evident from Figs.4 l and 2.: VThis provides for the proper fit of the garment over the bust, in a manner that will be readily nnderetoodV from the drawing. The

descriptivel sense and not for purposes of lnnitatiointhe scope of the invention being set forth in the following claims.

= Claims.

t "LAS anarticle of manufacture, an unf dergarment adapted to beworn beneath the corsetV and having at itsl lower end at each side-a single tab-likeextension having substantially parallel sides and of, relatively rgreat length compared to its Width, said eX- tension .being reenforced along its longi, tudinalmedium line andv ,provided with means for detachably engaging the button ing' supporter dependingfrom thecorset.

.portion a reenforcement seamedto the outer Yabrasion in the rmovement Vof the Wearers ofthe stocking supporter eirtending from the corset.

2. As an' article of manufacture, an iundergarment adapted to be Worn beneath the corset and comprising` front and back mem- Y bers secured by longitudinally extending seams at the sides of the body, said front and back members each having' [acutely shaped or pointed extremerlower ends at 7 either side thereof, the adjacent ends ofv said front and back members being in juxtaposition and united for the greater portion Vof their length and hemmedto provide a centrally seamed Ylongitudinal extension l0 having'substantially parallel sides and vof relatively great length compared with lthe width, said adjacent ends being spacednear the bottom thereof to provideabutton hole for the reception of a Abutton ofthe stock-` 8. An undergarment having at the upper surfaceY of `the garment beneath the'V arms, e the reenforcements having the major portion `thereof in front of the side medianline of the garment so astoprotect the sameagainst arms against -the body said reenforcement` being formed of material corresponding yin ,Y

elasticity to that of the body portion.;y

4.. Anundergarment having an upper portion provided Y'with substantially lsemi-circular reenforcements of material vcorresponding in elasticity to that of'said upper yportion, the major partV of each reenforcement lying-in front of the side median line .ofthe garment, saidreenforced upper vportion .be`

ingy of greater vertical extent at V,the front than is the corresponding part at the aback,

thereby to provide for an accurate iit of Ysaid reenforced upperportionover thelbust. V

In testimony whereof, `I`v have ksigned my name to this specification; 1

, i-mnnmr LYoNs REDMoNn. 1 l 

